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Find cheap flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu from RM 284

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu departing on 1/8. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu (SZB-BKI)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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07:20 - 20:10SZB-BKI
12h 50m1 stop
21:10 - 09:05BKI-SZB
11h 55m1 stop
RM 569Firefly
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Thu, 1 Aug - Sun, 4 Aug
10:10 - 20:10SZB-BKI
10h 00m1 stop
21:10 - 09:05BKI-SZB
11h 55m1 stop
RM 573Firefly
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Sat, 3 Aug - Wed, 7 Aug
11:10 - 20:10SZB-BKI
9h 00m1 stop
14:25 - 21:10BKI-SZB
6h 45m1 stop
RM 587Firefly
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Sun, 25 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
19:25 - 09:55SZB-BKI
14h 30m1 stop
21:10 - 12:35BKI-SZB
15h 25m1 stop
RM 597Firefly
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Mon, 12 Aug - Sun, 25 Aug
13:05 - 20:10SZB-BKI
7h 05m1 stop
21:10 - 09:05BKI-SZB
11h 55m1 stop
RM 606Firefly
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Sat, 3 Aug - Thu, 8 Aug
13:05 - 20:10SZB-BKI
7h 05m1 stop
10:25 - 23:15BKI-SZB
12h 50m1 stop
RM 621Firefly
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Wed, 21 Aug - Sat, 24 Aug
20:10 - 20:10SZB-BKI
24h 00m2 stops
21:10 - 09:05BKI-SZB
11h 55m1 stop
RM 791
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Wed, 7 Aug - Sat, 10 Aug
20:50 - 10:20SZB-BKI
13h 30m1 stop
21:10 - 12:35BKI-SZB
15h 25m1 stop
RM 929Malaysia Airlines
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Tue, 23 Jul - Tue, 30 Jul
13:05 - 20:10SZB-BKI
7h 05m1 stop
14:25 - 21:10BKI-SZB
6h 45m1 stop
RM 948Malaysia Airlines
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Mon, 30 Sep - Wed, 9 Oct
10:10 - 20:10SZB-BKI
10h 00m1 stop
14:25 - 21:10BKI-SZB
6h 45m1 stop
RM 952Malaysia Airlines
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Tue, 20 Aug - Wed, 21 Aug

Flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu?

The average price of all flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Kuala Lumpur Subang, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Tuesdays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu is October, where tickets cost RM 322 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and February, where the average cost of tickets is RM 640 and RM 583 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 89 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu found on KAYAK was with Firefly for RM 284. Firefly proposed a return connection from RM 568 and Malaysia Airlines from RM 929.

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Low season

July

High season

October

Cheapest flight

RM 284
Best time to beat the crowds (48% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 44% lower on average.
Flight from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu

When to book flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Kuala Lumpur Subang Airport to Kota Kinabalu was RM 60 for a one-way ticket and RM 120 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Kuala Lumpur Subang and Kota Kinabalu.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu, Firefly or Malaysia Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu are Firefly and Malaysia Airlines. With an average price for the route of RM 908 and an overall rating of 7.9, Firefly is the most popular choice. Malaysia Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of RM 673 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Kota Kinabalu from Kuala Lumpur Subang is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Kota Kinabalu with an airline and back to Kuala Lumpur Subang with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Kota Kinabalu?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Kota Kinabalu from Kuala Lumpur Subang up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.9
FireflyOverall score based on 25 reviews
7.0Food
7.4Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.0Crew
6.4Entertainment
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Delayed 7 hours plus. Given $15 worth of meal at Subway but it was actually we can only choose 1 set meal instead of $15 of anything. The staff at subway weren’t happy to serve huge group of us. No detailed explanation given by the airline and we just have to keep looking for information at the departure tv screen.

2.0 MediocreDave, Jan 2024SIN - PEN
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Delayed 7 hours plus. Given $15 worth of meal at Subway but it was actually we can only choose 1 set meal instead of $15 of anything. The staff at subway weren’t happy to serve huge group of us. No detailed explanation given by the airline and we just have to keep looking for information at the departure tv screen.

Was all very easy, from buying the ticket online to walking stratup to the check-in desk, helpful and friendly checkin staff, punctual take off, good standard of aircraft, luggage was waiting by the time I had cleared immigration. Thumbs up all round.

No frills, basic flight in a puddle jumper. I wasn’t expecting refreshments nor entertainment. Everything was efficient, and everyone was pleasant.

The only problem was that I bought ticket on a third party app but I have to pay extra luggage cost, because of in their system different from my bought ticket. Every other was perfect

I don’t like the sour face of the check in staff at Penang international airport, front desk service provider should be more friendly n smiles always 😊

It was delayed for more than 1 hour due to LIMA when many planes landed & took-off at the same time. It could ve been better if the pilot or crew informed us every few minutes so that we know what’s going on.

An overnight Doha to KL. Great sleep, good service and tasty food in business class

chaos boarding. Crew in business class seemed short staffed and lacking in attention to details initially, but did improve during flight.

The cabin was quite noisy as there were lots of children travelling for the school holidays. Found the selection of movies limited.

Delayed, not enough information. Had to ask for refreshments, crew could have been more proactive

The best so far coz this time it was all male steward on the economy cluster. They were polite, efficient & genuinely courteous. They do not judge you when you ask for more food & peanuts.

Delayed for 45 minutes. Don't know what's the issue. Other than that, food was not to my satisfaction. However it's okay.

My first course flight (Aor-Kul) was cancelled in the morning, and they asked me to board the night flight hence I need to transit overnight for the 2nd flight (Kul-Myy) that supposed to be on the same day. The overnight stay was not provided, (I'm traveling with my spouse, a daughter (5 y.o.) and an infant (2 months old). Hence I booked Sama Sama Hotel at my own expense (fortunately using my enrich miles points). Other than this issue, all services is good.

My experience with the flight was okay. My experience checking in was absolutely terrible. I was told I needed to change my e-ticket number to check in because I missed my flight in PDX. Even when shown the itinerary, they didn't budge and sent me to KLM across the airport. KLM wasn't open until 8pm and my flight was at 7:30pm. Nobody made accommodations in any way to get me to KUL. To add insult to injury, they rescheduled my flight to the very next day, creating a very long layover and did not offer any hotel stay. After this, even worse, I found out later they delayed the first 7:30pm flight to 9:10pm. Meaning, I could have still boarded but they refused to even try to get me on the plane. As a result, I missed a day of work and lost pay for the day. Also, when I went to get my luggage, it wasn't there. It was STILL in Singapore. They had from 5:30pm to 5am to get my luggage onto the plane and they still couldn't get that right. This is the worst experience I've had flying anywhere in the past decade I've been travelling.

Orange juice change to mineral water . Should keep the orange juice.

Entertainment system was too old, crew were unorganised during boarding

The flight delay... but bus from the airport be on time

Bad experience, delay like no tomorrow. Original schedule departure time at 9:30pm, delayed until 12:05am only depart.

Great. Very satisfied with a direct flight from Penang back to HK international. Stewards in the cabin were very friendly and helpful. Would not hesitate to fly with Air Asia in the future.

Second time flying on AirAsia. They’re fine for a low cost carrier, so I don’t expect high level hospitality. They could have informed us that the flight would be delayed even if by a few minutes, instead of the passengers asking the gate agents why we’re not boarding 8 minutes before takeoff. And given some of the passengers on this particular flight were problematic, the crew did great handling such people.

Meh, it was AirAsia. It's not about a quality.

Great flight. Achieve my objecttive of travelling with less hassle .

They didn't have a single blanket for hire for a long haul overnight flight. This wasn't good enough even for a budget airline

Kayak shares with you the best price! and in my case it was Air Asia flight. Air Asia flight was on time, the boarding was seamless with FACES technology at KLIA2 and the pilot made a great smooth landing upon arrival. Excellent trip!

I left the city late and fortunately the flight was also delayed 50mins

Air Asia’s standard has dropped tremendously post pandemic. The whole organisation feels ‘soul-less’

Nasi lemak was horrible. Plain white rice, tasteless sambal, no cucumber, no kacang, no ikan bilis. And the chicken was colourless and tasteless, tasted like boiled chicken. Entertainment system didn't work at all.

2 delayed flights - hotel layover in a different country- lost baggage.

Silly to not even offer people water for free when they are paying so much for tickets.

You get what you pay for. It’s functional and gets you from point A to B in good comfort. However, food options are limited and cash only, Crew is a hit and miss .. they get your attention if you reach out.

Good leg room ... air conditioning was a bit warm don't Book row 8 ... no windows

They got to the terminal late, with no one on the arriving flight, boarded us late, and left us sitting there for 2 hours before they got us off the ground. They knew they were going to be late, yet they never got an updated flight plan from their head office until long after the flight was supposed to leave. They could have cut the delay in half, of at least let us stay in the terminal. Really just horrible planning.

The worst kind of budget airline. To be honest....the plane was not that bad. Would have been good to have some food choices and some water. What was by far the worse is the passengers/customers that this airline attracts. Coughing and spluttering all over one another with no masks. Just disgusting. Pay for a better carrier and get a better class of passenger.

Worst airline ever. They didn’t let me board although I had a connecting flight boarding pass. The reason was “we don’t have an agreement with Bhutan airlines” the hell? How do you hand out boarding passes and let someone go through the airport to the gate and then say we can’t board and have to go back to security. Who can make that flight/time? Completely irresponsible in communicating this. I’ll never fly MYairline.

Can’t expect more than this from a budget airlines. Excellent value for money. Cheap and on time service. That’s what matters.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/8Thu
1 stopFirefly
7h 05mSZB-BKI
RM 284
6/10Sun
1 stopFirefly
13h 30mSZB-BKI
RM 289
9/9Mon
1 stopFirefly
10h 00mSZB-BKI
RM 313
16/8Fri
1 stopFirefly
13h 30mSZB-BKI
RM 332
2/7Tue
1 stop
5h 55mSZB-BKI
RM 341
1/7Mon
1 stop
6h 25mSZB-BKI
RM 351
9/7Tue
1 stop
6h 35mSZB-BKI
RM 355
25/8Sun
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
10h 00mSZB-BKI
RM 445
24/6Mon
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
7h 05mSZB-BKI
RM 450
29/6Sat
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
27h 15mSZB-BKI
RM 478

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Last minute flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next 10 days.
10/5Fri
multi-stop
6h 25mSZB-BKI
13/5Mon
multi-stop
14h 40mBKI-SZB
RM 966
10/5Fri
multi-stop
11h 05mSZB-BKI
17/5Fri
multi-stop
6h 25mBKI-SZB
RM 1,038
10/5Fri
multi-stop
4h 40mSZB-BKI
12/5Sun
multi-stop
6h 25mBKI-SZB
RM 1,128
7/5Tue
multi-stopFirefly
13h 30mSZB-BKI
14/5Tue
multi-stopFirefly
11h 55mBKI-SZB
RM 1,156
7/5Tue
multi-stopFirefly
13h 30mSZB-BKI
10/5Fri
multi-stopFirefly
8h 50mBKI-SZB
RM 1,322
10/5Fri
multi-stopFirefly
13h 05mSZB-BKI
17/5Fri
multi-stopFirefly
12h 50mBKI-SZB
RM 1,398
7/5Tue
multi-stopFirefly
13h 30mSZB-BKI
11/5Sat
multi-stopFirefly
12h 50mBKI-SZB
RM 1,445
7/5Tue
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
13h 30mSZB-BKI
14/5Tue
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
15h 25mBKI-SZB
RM 1,649
7/5Tue
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
13h 30mSZB-BKI
14/5Tue
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
36h 30mBKI-SZB
RM 1,668
7/5Tue
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
7h 05mSZB-BKI
11/5Sat
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
10h 45mBKI-SZB
RM 1,710

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Kuala Lumpur Subang - Kota Kinabalu Flights

Departure:

Kuala Lumpur Subang (SZB)Malaysia

Destination:

Kota Kinabalu (BKI)Malaysia

Return flight deals:

Kota Kinabalu - Kuala Lumpur Subang

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